[SGVLUG] Upcoming meetings + promoting SGVLUG @ Caltech

[John Kim]

2013년 08월 03일 00:00, Dustin Laurence 쓴 글:
> On 08/02/2013 06:52 PM, Lan Dang wrote:
>
>> We have been able to continue meeting at Caltech thanks to Junaid and
>> the PMA Division. Having student or faculty support would make it
>> easier to keep meeting at Caltech. Therefore, it would be good for the
>> club if we could make more of an effort to engage the Caltech students.
>> Let's find presentations that are relevant to them. Let's be consistent
>> in advertising our presence and our meetings. Maybe we can do a Linux
>> install party or some kind of hackathon.
>
> This has always been an issue at Caltech. The problem is that 
> attending Caltech is kind of like living in a LUG 24/7. More than 20 
> years ago the undergrad houses had their own network full of linux 
> boxes with the root password written on the blackboard and a dorm 
> (sort of) full of people who can tell you whatever you need to know. 
> I'm sure it hasn't gotten any less Linux-y since then. An install 
> party probably doesn't have any particular appeal because (1) everyone 
> who wants Linux already has Linux and if they don't there are ten 
> people living on the same floor who can help with an install, and (2) 
> the majority of Caltech students would probably be determined to do it 
> on their own rather than appear to need any help (whether they do or 
> not).
>
> That isn't to say it can't be done, and it should be if it could be, 
> but Caltech works on different rules.
>
> Dustin
>
Hey Dustin,

Then what sort of event would draw some Caltech folks to engage with SGVLUG?

John K